Daily Health Check (Translated) and Visual Option
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Choose a fun activity by visiting the SD 62 ELL Website.
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Engaging and educational websites
recommended by the ELL Teacher Team!ELEMENTARY (Kindergarten-Grade 5)
ESL at Home
Low tech/no tech engaging activities, created by Maria Montroni-Currais. Translated into 27 languages by teachers on social media, and recommended by Tan Huynh! Just click on the Language (right side).
https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/
Free access to 400+ original picture books, representing 40+ languages and many cultures! Easy website, takes you straight to the books.https://www.colorincolorado.org/article/offline-learning-ells
Full of reliable, recommended resources!https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
For as long as schools are closed, kids everywhere can instantly stream an incredible collection of stories, including titles across six different languages, that will help them continue dreaming, learning, and just being kids.https://www.starfall.com/h/
Songs, books and other activities for Pre-K to Grade 2
Listed by the kidSAFE Seal Programhttps://ell.brainpop.com/
BrainPOP for ELL has choices for different English abilities.https://www.alarms.org/kidrex/
Safe Search Engine For Kids By Kids
uses Google SafeSearch Technology; may not be 100% foolproofhttps://www.storybookscanada.ca/
Storybooks Canada is a free open educational resource that promotes literacy and language learning in homes, schools, and communities. Part of the Global Storybooks project, it makes 40 stories from the African Storybook available with text and audio in English, French, and the most widely spoken immigrant and refugee languages of Canada. Leveled for varying English proficiency; for students in K-5, and also offers high interest/low level for middle school students. A wonderful e-book website, created through UBC!https://worldstories.org.uk/
WorldStories is a free, growing collection of traditional and original stories from around the world shared in many languages!https://kids.scholastic.com/kids/books/dav-pilkey-at-home/
Watch, read, write, draw!https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html
A collection of books and activities to keep you learning at home.https://www.colorincolorado.org/reading-tip-sheets-parents#languages
Reading tips for parents, in many languages.MIDDLE (Grades 6-8)
https://thewestcoastreader.com/newspapers
Current news articles with comprehension questions, vocabulary and grammar activities.https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
For as long as schools are closed, kids everywhere can instantly stream an incredible collection of stories, including titles across six different languages, that will help them continue dreaming, learning, and just being kids.https://www.storybookscanada.ca/
Storybooks Canada is a free open educational resource that promotes literacy and language learning in homes, schools, and communities. Part of the Global Storybooks project, it makes 40 stories from the African Storybook available with text and audio in English, French, and the most widely spoken immigrant and refugee languages of Canada. Leveled for varying English proficiency; for students in K-5, and also offers high interest/low level for middle school students. A wonderful e-book website, created through UBC!https://worldstories.org.uk/
WorldStories is a free, growing collection of traditional and original stories from around the world shared in many languages!https://globalaccess.bowvalleycollege.ca/esl-literacy-readers#section-1264
Bow Valley College ESL Literacy Readers provides a great collection of Beginning Readers that are appropriate for older students.https://www.nytimes.com/column/learning-whats-going-on-in-this-picture
Intriguing Times images stripped of their captions -- and an invitation to students to discuss them live. Conversation is moderated. Could use the pictures as a writing prompt.https://rewordify.com/
Simplifies difficult Englishhttps://www.textcompactor.com/
Creates a summary of texthttps://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html
A collection of books and activities to keep you learning at home.SECONDARY (Grades 9-12)
https://thewestcoastreader.com/newspapers
Current news articles with comprehension questions, vocabulary and grammar activities.Government of Canada Teacher's Corner on Citizenship
The Teachers’ Corner offers you games and resources to teach citizenship, immigration and multiculturalism subjects. Assign a game to students as part of a lesson or use one of the teaching ideas to make learning more fun.https://www.nytimes.com/column/learning-whats-going-on-in-this-picture
Intriguing Times images stripped of their captions -- and an invitation to students to discuss them live. Conversation is moderated. Could use the pictures as a writing prompt.https://globalaccess.bowvalleycollege.ca/esl-literacy-readers#section-1264
Bow Valley College ESL Literacy Readers provides a great collection of Beginning Readers that are appropriate for older students.https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
For as long as schools are closed, kids everywhere can instantly stream an incredible collection of stories, including titles across six different languages.https://rewordify.com/
Simplifies difficult Englishhttps://www.textcompactor.com/
Creates a summary of texthttps://gsuitetips.com/tips/sheets/translate-languages-in-google-sheets/
Translate languages/text in Google Sheets – instructionshttps://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html
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HOW STUDENTS CAN ACCESS GOOGLE CLASSROOM AND MICROSOFT TEAMS
HOW TO USE YOUTUBE’S TRANSLATION TOOL
The following resources are for students and parents. If you are having difficulty, your ELL teacher can help. If you have a Settlement Worker at ICA, they may also be able to help. You could also try closed captioning - choose any language.
GOOGLE CLASSROOM
Google Classroom Student Tutorial Translation - many languages
Cheat Sheets with Visuals (for students)
MICROSOFT TEAMS
How to translate messages, posts or chats in Microsoft Teams
Signing into Teams for the first time
Get Started in Your Class TeamYOUTUBE
How to use YouTube’s Translation Tool - English
How to use YouTube’s Translation Tool - Arabic
DIGITAL LITERACY COURSE - FREE ONLINE
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The Vancouver Island Counselling Centre for Immigrants and Refugees (VICCIR) is excited to share with you some of our last VICCIR updates. After a successful eight weeks online course during the summer, “Effective Parenting in a New Country in the Time of Covid-19,” VICCIR in collaboration with Dr. Alison Miller is about to launch two new courses. Our overall goal is to support multicultural families and parents through these challenging times to develop useful skills for healthier family relationships.
- A three weeks Parenting Workshop: “Managing your Family's Emotional Health in the time of COVID-19” Sessions will take place on Thursdays, September 24, October 1 and October 8 from 9:30 am to 11:30 am (PST).
Content:
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- Helping your Family during COVID
- Managing Children’s Behaviour during COVID
- Managing your Own Emotions during COVID
- A second part of the “Effective Parenting” series. An eight weeks course “Healthy Family Living.” Every Thursday from 9:30 am to 11:30 am starting on October 22 till December 17.
Content:
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- The Parent-Child Connection: Attunement and Unconditional Love
2. Closeness and Separateness: Respecting Our Children’s Personal Boundaries
3. Limits and Boundaries in Family Relationships: Creating a Healthy Family System
4. Effects of Our Upbringing: Self-Esteem, Boundary Awareness or Blindness, Roles in Families
5. The Intelligence of Emotions: Understanding and Managing Feelings
6. Listening to Understand: How to Listen to Your Family Members
7. Speaking without Regrets: How to Talk to Your Family Members
8. Building Bridges Over Conflict: Conflict Resolution and Anger Management
Language requirements:
These two courses will be offered entirely in English, although Arabic and Spanish versions will be available in a near future.Cost:
The three sessions course “Healthy Family Living in a New Country in the Time of Covid-19,” has a cost of $30 CAD. The eight sessions course “Effective Parenting” has a cost of $80 CAD.For those who cannot afford totally or partially the amount of the course we have scholarships available. Please, do not hesitate to contact me in this regard before registration.
How to Register:
Contact Ana Pavon (apavon@viccir.org) – P: (778) 404-1777